Bless the little children.

Army Lt. Col. Lynne Westlake talks with the mother of a little girl who just received a new pair of shoes in Haswa, Iraq, on Nov. 10, 2005. Westlake and her fellow soldiers of Bravo Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team passed out donated shoes, toys and candy to the villagers near Haswa Firm Base.
DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J O'Brien, U.S. Marine Corps.


BAGHDAD, IRAQ— Cpt. Robert Duchaine, B Company Commander, 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, visits with children at a Kindergarten school in the Khadamiyah area of western Baghdad. He took this opportunity when his unit conducted a joint mission with Iraqi Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division to hand out toys and school supplies.
(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Bob Miller).


U.S. Army Spc. Melanie Williams, Charlie Company, 173rd Support Battalion (Airborne), explains proper dental hygiene techniques to an Afghan girl during a Village Medical Outreach mission in Atghar, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2005.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Caldwell